User:SamiB11/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Critical race theory

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I choose to evaluate this article because it deals a lot with communication and criticism. Specifically, I think Critical Race Theory is one of the best ways to show the importance of listening to others and stepping in other people's shoes. While we can never truly experience what it is like to be anyone but ourselves, this theory attempts to include perspectives and experiences of others when talking. I think a lot of the practices are unique when it comes to communication because it relies so heavily on story-telling which is not seen as a means of communication in many other areas. Lastly, I picked this topic because of the level of criticism it both illustrates on society, but also the level of criticism individuals in society have towards it.

Evaluate the article
Critical Race Theory Article Evaluation

Evaluation of Content:

All of the sections are very relevant to the topic. These sections include definitions, tenets, common themes, history, criticism, and subgroups. The primary issue was the amount of warning signs for sections that had unresolved issues in them. These were based on lack of neutral sources that are not related to the topic, or coming from only recent sources. I do think that the historical section of this article was done very well. It had a very neutral voice and spanned throughout the centuries. The most interesting section was the criticism section where there was an analysis of multiple countries and their response to this theory. There was only one picture from very recently. I feel like this can be improved upon since there are so many more integral individuals or books that could take this spot and add to the content.

Evaluation of Tone:

For the majority of this article, the tone is very neutral and this page really tells the story of how this theory was first utilized and the history of it up until most recently with the polarization of it. The only sections that I felt lacked this neutrality was the definitions and common themes. The definitions section was very small and had a more biased tone, mostly based on the selection of terms and the absolutists manner that they were written about. I think that the criticism section was very well done and I did not feel like there were viewpoints that were overlooked or not written correctly about.

Evaluation of Sources:

There are so many citations for this page which really builds the merit. The sources that I looked over seemed to be very general and non-biased. They were also primarily from scholars and academics that researched and wrote about critical race theory. There were many citations from the past and the present and from various individuals. The only issue that arose was the section about Common Themes had sources that only came from information too close to the topic. This was not done in a neutral manner but provided room for some biases since the authors of these sources were not coming from a position or aim to be neutral themselves.

Talk Page:

This article is extremely popular, making it onto the Top 50 Report. This happened in 2021 which is no surprise based on the events that were happening during this time. I think it shows how important being neutral is because there were so many individuals that were probably researching as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement that gained popularity in 2020 and based on what they read could have really altered their voting practices or other areas that would have affected other individuals. While this page is very popular, the talk page did not prove to be just as popular. A couple comments were made regarding accuracy about topics or issues. I personally really enjoyed seeing these because it showed me how important it is to other people to be providing accurate information and holding each other accountable to producing valuable material. There was also a lot of adding of sources which is very helpful and important when presenting anything, but especially hot topics like CRT.